In the first chapter of the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, we learned that the practice of asana is intended to activate, intensify, and redirect prana (life force energy). Here, Sandra Anderson relates key shatkarma (technique for purification) and pranayama practices introduced in the second chapter. Tune in to explore how these practices allow us to work with the subtle body and move us toward their goal of clearing and purifying the pathways of prana.

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